How Safe and Secure Princeton University Campuses?

At Princeton University, 245 on-campus, 7 out-of-campus, 2 public property, 133 residence halls, and 4 on-campus fire campus safety/security issues are reported. By safety matters, 26 arrests, 69 criminal offenses, 144 disciplinary actions, 13 VAWA (Violence Against Women Act), and 1 hate crimes are reported. There is a total of 8,842 students enrolled in Princeton and the on-campus crime ratio is 277.09 per 10,000 students.

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Campus Safety/Security Matters

At Princeton University, 245 on-campus, 7 out-of-campus, 2 public property, 133 residence halls, and 4 on-campus fire were reported. The next table summarizes campus safety/security matters by location and types.

Campus Safety/Security Issues
	Total	On-Campus	Non-Campus	Public Properties	Residence Halls¹	Reported²
Arrests	26	23	1	2	16	-
Criminal Offenses	69	65	4	-	21	-
Disciplinary Actions	144	144	-	-	88	-
VAWA³	13	11	2	-	8	-
Hate Crimes	1	1	-	-	-	-
Total	253	245	7	2	133	-
¹ The counts on Residence Halls are included in on-campus statistics.
² Reported by local police
³ VAWA: Violence Against Women Act

Arrests Statistics By Location and Violation Types

For students attending Princeton University, 26 arrests are reported including weapons: carrying, possessing, etc., drug law violation, and liquor law violation.

Arrests Statistics
	Total	On-Campus	Non-Campus	Public Properties	Residence Halls¹
Total	26	23	1	2	16
Weapons (carrying, processing, etc.)	1	0	1	0	0
Drug Law Violation	23	23	0	0	16
Liquor Law Violation	2	0	0	2	0

¹ The counts on Residence Halls are included in on-campus statistics.

Criminal Offenses Statistics By Location and Types of Crime

At Princeton University, 69 criminal offenses are reported including rape, fondling, incest, statutory rape, robbery, aggravated assault, burglary, motor vehicle theft, and arson.

Criminal Offenses Statistics
	Total	On-Campus	Non-Campus	Public Properties	Residence Halls¹
Total	69	65	4	-	21
Rape	13	12	1	-	10
Fondling	5	4	1	-	-
Robbery	5	5	-	-	-
Aggravated Assault	4	2	2	-	1
Burglary	33	33	-	-	10
Motor Vehicle Theft	9	9	-	-	-

¹ The counts on Residence Halls are included in on-campus statistics.

Disciplinary Action Statistics By Location and Violation Types

For students attending Princeton University, 144 disciplinary actions are reported including weapons: carrying, possessing, etc., drug law violation, and liquor law violation.

Disciplinary Action Statistics
	Total	On-Campus	Non-Campus	Public Properties	Residence Halls¹
Total	144	144	-	-	88
Weapons (carrying, processing, etc.)	2	2	-	-	2
Drug Law Violation	39	39	-	-	39
Liquor Law Violation	103	103	-	-	47

¹ The counts on Residence Halls are included in on-campus statistics.

Violence Against Women Act(VAWA) Statistics By Location and Violation Types

For students attending Princeton University, 13 VAWA are reported including domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking.

Disciplinary Action Statistics
	Total	On-Campus	Non-Campus	Public Properties	Residence Halls¹
Total	13	11	2	-	8
Domestic Violence	10	8	2	0	7
Dating Violence	1	1	0	0	1
Stalking	2	2	0	0	0

¹ The counts on Residence Halls are included in on-campus statistics.

Hate Crimes Statistics By Location, crime types, and bias

For students attending Princeton University, 1 hate crimes are reported.

Hate Crimes Statistics
	Total	On-Campus	Non-Campus	Public Properties	Residence Halls¹
Intimidation	1	1	0	0	0
Bias Race	1	1	0	0	0

¹ The counts on Residence Halls are included in on-campus statistics.

Fires in Residence Halls

At Princeton University, 4 residence hall fires are reported.

Residence Hall Fires
	Number Of Fires	Category	Cause	Injuries/Deaths	Damage
Holder, Main Campus	1	Unintentional	Other	0/0	$0-$99
Spelman, Main Campus	1	Unintentional	Cooking	0/0	$0-$99
Lawrence Apts, Main Campus	1	Unintentional	Cooking	0/0	$0-$99
Lakeside Apts, Main Campus	1	Unintentional	Cooking	0/0	$0-$99

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